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New Species

The following species have recently been added to our NZ fauna.

Haliotidae

Haliotis pirimoana Walton, Marshall, Rawlence & Spencer, 2024

Pyramidellidae

Microthyca marshalli Raven, 2025

Charopidae

Cyrenidae

Corbicula australis (Deshayes, 1830)
Corbicula fluminea (s.l., 1234) - Recently established in the Waikato region

Name Changes

The following species have recently had name changes.

Haliotidae

Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791 - =crispata, = huttoni, =morioria, =stewartae

Cerithiopsidae

Onchodia trizonaloides B.A. Marshall, 1978 - was Mendax

Velutinidae

Variolipallium cerebroides (Hutton, 1883) - was Lamellaria

Belomitridae

Belomitra regis (Powell, 1937) - was Mitromorpha

Cochlespiridae

Sibogasyrinx pikei (Dell, 1963) - was Leucosyrinx pikei

Pseudomelatomidae

Antimelatoma eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) - was Leucosyrinx eremita

Raphitomidae

Nepotilla anomala (Powell, 1955) - was Stilla
Nepotilla paucicostata (Powell, 1937) - was Stilla

Achatinellidae

Lamellidea novoseelandica (Küster, 1852) - was Tornatellinops novoseelandicus

Charopidae

Sinployea accelerata (Climo, 1970) - was Calymna

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